Sickle cell patients to benefit from new clinics

Thousands of people with sickle cell disease will benefit from quicker pain relief when experiencing a crisis thanks to new specialist NHS centres across the country. On World Sickle Cell Day, NHS England announced the creation of new expert clinics to provide specialist care when people need it most, allowing them to bypass A&E. Around 15,000 people in England have sickle cell disease. The condition can cause patients multiple periods of intense pain a year – known as a crisis – due to blood clotting in their arteries.